Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16380, Joseph Fellows, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Fellows, Joseph
S 16380
carded
CONTENTS

1064.
New Hampshire
Joseph Fellows
of Piermont in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gile of the reg t commanded by Col Peabody in the N.H. line for 10 May 13 Days June 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of New Ht at the rate of 32 Dollars 76 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of October 1832 and sent to Bridal Bath N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $ 52.14 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 1832 17.38
69.52
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. McBlain Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 153.

Declaration of Joseph Fellows -
N o 15
4890.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of New Hampshire, } ss. Bath 14 th August 1832 County of Grafton
On this 14 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County Joseph Fellows a resident of Piermont in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1778 with Capt. Ezechiel Gile and served in the regiment of the Hampshire line, under the following named officers: Ezechiel Gile Captain in a Regiment commanded by Col. Peabody of Concord New Hampshire I Enlisted in the Month of January 1778 & were Mustered in Plattsburgh & Marched through Lexington Cambridge College & thence to Providence Rhode Island & was Quarters in Providence College when Bristol & Warren was burnt by the Powder & the Powder House blown up he then went on to Red Bank & Red Bank Ferry and went on to Red Bank Hill Genl. Sullivan Commander & in the night he and all the Army moved said Red Bank Ferry & then went down the Island to Greenwich from thence to Town Hill west of Newport & there was Stationed & pitched Tents & served out the term of my enlistment which was One year and was Discharged here think Kirby & returned home & received his pay from the State of New Hampshire by the Officer he Enlisted under he Enlisted in Kingston Parish New Hampshire -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Fellows
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate
I Moses Dow Reg d of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Fellows for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832 Moses Dow

No 2890
Joseph Fellows of Payment N.H.
Pwah
a Roll Light Holes to Col Peabody's Page Subscribed 23 July 1778- March 4 Jan'y 1779
10 Months 13 days
Adm d JLE
33.33 1.43
$34.76
Mr. Bedel Bath N.H.

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Fellows of the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 Jan'y 1 — — As a Private Gen. Sullivan Col. Peabody Capt. Ebenezer Gile  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sturges town  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by the deposition of Joseph French who served with him  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk:

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Fellows a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 16380
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1778 1 year Ezekiel Gill Peabody N.H.   discharged Narragansett, R.I.     In Sullivan's P. I. expedition  
Battles engaged in, none Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town of Kingston, New Hampshire Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832 Residence at date of application, Concord, N.H. Age at date of application, 70 yrs.
Remarks: _____ _____ _____

16380 INVALID.
1911 June 3. History to Mrs M. C. Sawyer. Q 1919 July 11. Hist. to Louise C. Babcock. 1920 Jan. 10. " " Mrs. Grace Brownell. Q
File No. 16380
Joseph Williams Pr. Rev. Mar
Act: June 7" 32
Index: Vol. A , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I further Reshoulders of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire being seventy four years of age, before me say, that I enlisted into the Revolutionary Army, I think in the month of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight for the term of one year, in the Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel Gil in Colonel Peabody's Regiment. I joined the Army and served my time out ac- cording to the terms of my enlistment.
I further testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Joseph Fellows now of Piermont said in said County of Grafton, and have been so ac- quainted with him ever since the month of March 1778, when we met for the purpose of passing muster and joining the Army, he was an enlisted soldier in the same Company for the same time we both passed muster, I think, in March 1778 & immediately joined the Army, after which time and during the year, I was well acquainted with him and know that he faithfully served out his term of enlistment, and was discharged with the rest of the Company on the last of December 1778 or first part of January 1779 at a place called Narragansett - the State of Rhode Island -
Jonathan Pickering

Gr R e/s d. 2 v. 1
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. July 3 rd 1832. Then the within named Joshua Richardson in my presence signed the within deposition and made solemn oath that the same is just and true
Before me Hubbard Harris Jun. Probate
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. Court of Probate at Butts August 14. 1832
Ordered by the Court that the foregoing declara- -tion of Joshua Richardson in the declaration of Joseph French, hereto annexed, be attached to the declaration of Joseph Follen as evidence therein Attest Moses Dorr Reg t

Joseph French of Brimfield in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire being seventy two years of age do hereby say that I enlisted into the revolutionary army I think in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight for the term of one year in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Dearborn in Colonel Peabody's Regiment I joined the army & served my term out according to the terms of my enlistment I further testify that I am acquainted with Joseph Fullard now of Piermont in said county of Grafton and have been so acquainted with him since said Col. Peabody formed our Company into a Regiment at Providence in the State of Rhode Island which was the last of the and between us about the last of February or first of March in the year A.D. 1778 we were both in the same Regiment & said Fullard enlisted said in Captain Dakel Giles Company when company picked their tens just before Captain Dearborn's company were well acquainted during the term of our enlist- ment & I know that said Fullard faithfully served his term out we were both discharged at the same time which the were very last of Decr. 1778 or first of January 1779 at a place called Nausaguset in the State of Rhode Island
Joseph French

Grafton p State of New Hampshire
Respectfully August 7 th 1832 Then personally appearing the said Joseph Farnsworth within named declared before me that the within affidavit to the best of his knowledge was true
Before Wendell D. Osgood Justice Peace

St Peter Minnesota Rec. Sec Dec. 22 - 1919.
Dear Sir -
Will you please give me a copy of the pension papers of Joseph Fellows a Rev. soldier in the Company of Capt. Ezekiel Giles Col. Peabody's Regt. of Amherst N.H. He enlisted at King's N.H. In 1832 he was living at Piermont N.H. also
19.7th. James Ray a Rev. soldier born in Mass - Rev. was in N.H. He died in Amherst N.H.
Thanking you Sir
Mrs Grace Brownell
416. West Myrtle St
St Peter Minnesota.

Jefferson Iowa
May 29 - 11
Commission of Pensions at Washington. Would you kindly look up the record of Joseph Fellows if he served in the War of the Revolution. he is said to have been in the Battle of Bunker Hill Lexington and others. battles and he was a prisoner he at one time lived in Peruacut. N. H. and in Haverhill N. H. I am anxious to get his record if you can get it for me I will pay you for your trouble send it to Mrs. M. C. Sayres Jefferson Iowa

Rev. S. N. 5
Riverside California 572 - 14. Street
Will the Bureau of Pensions kindly inform me if Joseph Fellows was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War?
He enlisted under the command of Capt Ezekiel Gile. Stephen Peabody's Regiment Jan 1778 at Kingston New Hampshire

was discharged at Narragansett Rhode Island. He served one year,
Louise C. Babcock
June 25 th 1919